Season One is the first season and series premiere of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. It ran from March 16, 2016, to May 25, 2016. It ran for thirteen episodes, and was released on DVD on September 20th, 2016. Episodes were shown out of production order.
Ratings[]
Season One averaged on live viewing 7.052 million viewers and 1.30 ratings points in the A18-49 demo, and averaged with 7 days worth of recorded viewing added 9.462 million viewers and 1.90 ratings points in the A18-49 demo on CBS.
Cast[]
- Jack Garrett - Gary Sinise
- Clara Seger - Alana De La Garza
- Matthew Simmons - Daniel Henney
- Russ "Monty" Montgomery - Tyler James Williams
- M.E. Mae Jarvis - Annie Funke
Episodes[]
| Image | Title | Airdate | Writer | Director | Season Episode | Series Episode | As Aired Episode |
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"The Harmful One" | March 16, 2016 | Erica Messer | Colin Bucksey | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Garrett and his unit travel to Thailand when three American volunteers go missing during a trek to Bangkok. Once there, former colleague Clara Seger, a cultural anthropologist, helps them rush to gather evidence leading to the unsub before a storm threatens to wash it away. | |||||||
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"Love Interrupted" | April 13, 2016 | Adam Glass | Paul A. Kaufman | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| When a couple on their honeymoon in Belize goes missing, the IRT must head there to investigate what is believed to be a targeted abduction. | |||||||
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"De Los Inocentes" | April 27, 2016 | Christopher Barbour | Jeannot Szwarc | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| When a woman vacationing in Mexico with her family is killed in what appears to be foul play, the IRT shifts their investigation towards her husband when he suddenly flees. | |||||||
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"Harvested" | March 23, 2016 | Erica Meredith | Rob Bailey | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| When an American citizen wakes up in Mumbai, India with both a kidney and a friend missing, the team becomes convinced that the unsub is doing more than just selling organs on the black market. | |||||||
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"The Ballad of Nick & Nat" | May 11, 2016 | Daniele Nathanson | Jeremiah Chechik | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| When the bodies of American victims are discovered in multiple locations in Cuba, the IRT heads there to search for a possible spree killer. | |||||||
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"Citizens of the World" | April 20, 2016 | Matthew Lau | Alec Smight | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| The IRT travels to Morocco to deduce the whereabouts of a missing Idaho couple visiting Casablanca on a cruise. | |||||||
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"Denial" | March 30, 2016 | Adam Glass | Rod Holcomb | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| The team heads to Cairo, Egypt when an ex-U.S. serviceman of Egyptian-American descent is killed in a gas attack and his boyfriend is abducted. | |||||||
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"The Lonely Heart" | April 6, 2016 | Ticona Joy | Constantine Makris | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| The IRT heads to Paris to search for an unsub targeting Americans who live there. | |||||||
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"The Matchmaker" | May 4, 2016 | Tim Clemente | Matt Earl Beesley | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| When an American girl leaves home to meet her boyfriend in Turkey, the IRT suspects she may have actually been tricked by someone posing as her boyfriend. | |||||||
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"Whispering Death" | April 6, 2016 | Adam Glass | Larry Teng | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| The IRT assists local law enforcement in Japan as they investigate a series of murders that are made to look like suicides. Meanwhile, Mae tries to encourage Clara to get out and enjoy herself. | |||||||
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"Iqiniso" | May 11, 2016 | Christopher Barbour | Laura Belsey | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| The IRT suspects a gang is behind the murder of an American college student working in Johannesburg and the abduction of his brother. Meanwhile, Garrett reunites with Ananda Doshi, an unorthodox profiler, to assist in solving the case. | |||||||
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"El Toro Bravo" | May 25, 2016 | Erica Meredith | Tawnia McKiernan | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| After the ears of an American tourist are found in Pamplona, Spain, the IRT heads there to investigate. | |||||||
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"Paper Orphans" | May 25, 2016 | Erica Messer | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| When the daughter of an American family visiting Haiti to adopt a child is abducted, the IRT travels to there to try and find her. Also, Jack and his wife Karen prepare to send their daughter Josie to college. | |||||||
Highlights[]
The International Response Team is officially introduced, and their full investigations are shown for the first time. For unknown reasons, Anna Gunn (who appeared in the series' backdoor pilot episode) declined to reprise her role as Lily Lambert in the main series, and she was replaced by Alana De La Garza, who portrayed cultural anthropologist Clara Seger.